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I was in an IRC channel a while back that had "Don't ask to ask, ask" in its topic, because it was so common for people to join and write "May I ask a question?

I was in an IRC channel a while back that had "Don't ask to ask, ask" in its topic, because it was so common for people to join and write "May I ask a question?".

bobbiechen 6y ago
I do think "Don't ask to ask" is a better link to give out in this scenario: https://dontasktoask.com/ https://dontasktoask.com/
acemarke 6y ago
We see this all the time today over in the Reactiflux channels on Discord. We've got a bot that will show pre-recorded answers for common topics when we ping it, and one of the most frequently used ones is exactly this: https://github.com/reactiflux/reactibot/blob/a4e4e9d211a11c44015f65fca9e31b395b502920/src/features/commands.ts#L179-L202 https://github.com/reactiflux/reactibot/blob/a4e4e9d211a11c4...
glandium 6y ago
"May I ask a question?" "You just did." "May I ask another?" "You just did."
- hinkley 6y ago
  "May I ask two more questions?" "You are allowed 3 questions and you just used them."
- hnick 6y ago
  If I say no, will you un-ask the question?